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United States and Latin America

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Why It Matters
As the United States tentatively asserted its interests in East Asia, Americans called for a more aggressive role in Latin America. American entrepreneurs and government leaders viewed the area as a sphere of influence from which other great powers should be excluded. American influence in Latin America benefited the United States, but it also contributed to anti-American hostility and instability in the region.
What did Congress pass that established a civil government in Puerto Rico?
Foraker Act

The Foraker Act established civil government in Puerto Rico and allowed the President of the United States to appoint the Puerto Rican governor and part of the legislature.
How did the Platt Amendment make the independent nation of Cuba a protectorate of the United States?
The amendment required U.S. approval for Cuba's treaties.;The Platt Amendment prevented Cuba from signing a treaty with another nation without American approval.
Why did many Puerto Ricans dislike the Foraker Act?
The Foraker Act granted only partial citizenship to Puerto Ricans.;
1900, Congress passed the Foraker Act, which established a civil government in Puerto Rico. Whether Puerto Ricans could enjoy citizenship rights remained unclear.
How did the outcome of the Spanish-American War affect the people of Cuba and Puerto Rico?
They had their rights restricted.
Many Puerto Ricans expressed discontent because they did not enjoy all of the same rights as other Americans. Cuba became a U.S. protectorate and a treaty governed the U.S.-Cuba relationship for decades.
What was the effect of the Platt Amendment?
It restricted the rights of newly independent Cubans.
According to the Roosevelt Corollary, how did the United States justify its intervention in Latin America?
It prevented European powers from intervening there.

The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the United States would assume the role of police power in case of "chronic wrongdoing" by a Latin American nation.
Why did President Theodore Roosevelt's advocate the policy of "big stick" diplomacy for the United States?
Roosevelt believed the United States had a responsibility to "civilize" other nations.
Roosevelt's view that America needed to carry a "big stick" came from his idea that the United States had a moral responsibility to "civilize," or uplift, weaker nations.
How did the Roosevelt Corollary update the Monroe Doctrine, which kept European powers out of Latin American countries?
The Roosevelt Corollary claimed that the United States. had the right to intervene in Latin America.
The Roosevelt Corollary updated the Monroe Doctrine, claiming that in the case of "chronic wrongdoing" by a Latin American nation, the United States would assume the role of police power and intervene.
What action did the United States take to get rights to the land on which the Panama Canal was built?
The President dispatched U.S. warships to support a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia. The appearance of the U.S. Navy convinced the Colombians not to suppress the uprising.
How did President Taft's "dollar diplomacy" help Americans gain economic power over Latin American countries?
Americans invested in banks, businesses, and resources in Latin America.
"Dollar diplomacy" aimed to increase American investments in businesses and banks throughout Central America and the Caribbean. Americans busily invested in plantations, mines, oil wells, railways, and other ventures.
Which depended on a strong military to achieve America's goals?
"big stick" diplomacy
stemmed from the President Theodore Roosevelt's admiration for an old African saying, "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
Which updated the Monroe Doctrine for an age of economic imperialism?
Roosevelt Corollary
According to President Wilson, what three ideas did his "moral diplomacy" promote?
human rights, national integrity, and opportunity

In 1913, President Wilson, who had criticized imperialism, introduced his "moral diplomacy" as the new direction of foreign policy.
How President Woodrow Wilson's "moral diplomacy" differ from Roosevelt's "big stick" policy of military force?
Wilson promised that the United States use "moral diplomacy" to promote "human rights, national integrity, and opportunity."
After it declared its independence from Columbia, what did Panama give the United States?
control over the "Canal Zone"
President Woodrow Wilson believed in "moral diplomacy." Why did he send American forces into Mexico to pursue Francisco "Pancho" Villa?
Villa's forces raided Columbus, New Mexico, killing 18 Americans. Wilson responded by sending more than 10,000 troops on a "punitive expedition" to Mexico.
What action by President Woodrow Wilson was an example of his use of "big stick" diplomacy rather than "moral diplomacy"?
He sent marines to help Venustiano Carranza assume the presidency of Mexico.
The action caused the troublesome Huerta government to collapse,
Which policy favored honorable diplomacy but still resorted to military intervention upon occasion?
moral diplomacy
In the Mexican Revolution, Victoriano Huerta seized power and executed Francisco Madero. Which action did the U.S. President take under "moral diplomacy"?
Under "moral diplomacy," President Woodrow Wilson refused to accept Huerta as the leader of Mexico, declaring that he would not accept a "government of butchers."
Who was the U.S. President most closely associated with "moral diplomacy"?
Woodrow Wilson
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